MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 29.45,-98.55 Latitude: 29.45 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 113 SFC 985 250 34.1 11.8 26 22.4 19.5 71 6 308.6 310.3 293.2 335.5 8.83 2 950 571 29.6 10.9 31 18.7 17.6 64 8 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.5 8.65 3 900 1049 24.9 10.1 39 14.9 15.5 54 7 307.2 308.8 292.6 333.4 8.64 4 850 1546 20.2 9.2 49 11.0 13.3 45 7 307.3 308.9 292.6 333.3 8.60 5 800 2065 15.2 8.2 63 7.0 10.9 39 7 307.4 309.0 292.6 333.3 8.56 6 750 2608 10.3 6.6 78 3.7 8.0 36 7 307.8 309.3 292.4 332.6 8.16 7 700 3180 7.9 1.2 63 6.7 4.2 26 11 311.2 312.4 291.7 329.8 5.97 8 650 3787 3.8 -1.6 68 5.4 1.0 32 12 313.3 314.3 291.7 329.8 5.25 9 600 4433 0.3 -8.5 52 8.7 -3.6 24 4 316.4 317.1 290.9 327.3 3.36 10 550 5127 -2.7 -22.4 20 19.7 -8.9 298 12 320.8 321.1 290.2 324.8 1.15 11 500 5875 -7.3 -32.1 12 24.9 -13.2 310 17 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.0 0.52 12 450 6689 -12.0 -24.7 34 12.7 -15.6 291 17 328.1 328.3 292.3 332.2 1.15 13 400 7579 -18.1 -27.4 44 9.3 -20.4 287 19 331.5 331.7 293.1 335.1 1.01 14 350 8564 -24.2 -25.9 86 1.6 -24.6 296 32 336.1 336.3 294.6 340.9 1.33 15 300 9672 -31.5 -31.8 97 0.3 -31.5 282 42 341.0 341.2 295.4 344.4 0.89 16 250 10935 -41.5 -41.8 97 0.3 -41.5 277 49 344.4 344.4 295.7 345.9 0.39 17 200 12406 -55.0 -55.2 98 0.2 -55.1 275 52 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.1 0.11 18 150 14183 -67.7 -69.9 73 2.2 -67.7 300 59 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16591 -71.0 -81.9 18 10.9 -71.1 273 29 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.86 m Freezing level: 595.58 mb = 4494.71 m = 14746.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.78 mb = 3927.97 m = 12886.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.42 mb = 3033.99 m = 9953.91 ft T: 8.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 3.52 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.00 mb = 3478.09 m = 11410.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.75 C = 99.95 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: 2.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: 2.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.43 C Cross Totals Index: 16.43 C K Index: 29.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4700.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.16 mb = 2932.92 m = 9622.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 4.4 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 34.4 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -139.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -2.2 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 10.35 m/s